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Music 101 for Saturday 2 June 2012

Access All Areas: Fifty Years of the Rolling Stones.
In March 1962 The Rolling Stones played their debut gig at the Marquee Club. This year the band celebrate 50 years of riotous living, a plethora of historic recordings, inner turmoil, sex and excess, death, drugs and investment portfolios. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to author Christopher Sandford about his new book Fifty Years ­Of The Rolling Stones.

Remix the Orchestra
Now in its fifth year, Remix the Orchestra joins players from the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra with local hip hop talent. We go behind the scenes of the latest instalment, an Auckland Town Hall performance.

Remix The Orchestra. Photo: Adrian Malloch

Pacific Music Awards
Nick Atkinson reports back from the annual Pacific Music Awards in Manukau this week.

James Duncan
"It's like all the tunes are emerging from this murky place. It's not a pristine sounding record" says musician Tom Watson about Vanishing, the new solo album from James Duncan. James, Tom and Sean James Donnelly talk about the genesis of this existential crisis-inducing second album.

Gig Guide

4-5pm

Live: Hello Sailor
The heritage band plays to its home crowd shortly after being inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. Radio New Zealand captures Hello Sailor performing classics such as Billy Bold, Blue Lady, Gutter Black and others for an ecstatic crowd at The Powerstation, Auckland in November 2011.

D.I.Y. World Music Touring with Blink
A Low Hum tour manager and festival organiser Ian Jorgenson, aka Blink, has written a practical guide for NZ bands touring in the U.S.A. and Europe. Blink tells of his own experiences on the road, and the little things that can make a world of difference.